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I'm eager to know how big this device it... It might replace my ($300) wireless bluetooth tablet, for a lot less cash (I'm a teacher, and use the tablet as an input device while walking around the room-- MacOS supports handwriting recognition, so i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Planet Blue "They who give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.? - Benjamin Franklin Not meaning to speak for anyone but myself-- the liberty to install arb…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Quadra 610 Rounding error. Uh, 10% is a rounding error, only if you're in binary.
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Quote: Originally Posted by ghostface147 The OS X gaming community is very small compared to all other platforms..... Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't the PS3 a much larger audience than Mac? It might be possible that the OS X gaming marke…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Techboy What does John expect from Steve? Changing the name of a product is not like asking them to ceasing making it and want a chunk of money from them. That said, if it's not that "big of a deal" why bother suing th…
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Companies that sell 'protection' software say that a program that explicitly warns you that it's going to delete your files, using only the normal user permissions, is a security risk. This, and more... News at 11.
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Quote: Originally Posted by libertyforall ... CTA is LONG overdue to be in private hands instead of government. Why subsidize unprofitable routes?! Tired of government welfare/theft! Because there's no such thing as a profitable route. Th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacTripper With the success of Windows 7 ... I'm unable to find any sales figures, yet (yeah, it's only been four days)-- could you cite something indicating that Windows 7 is successfully selling?
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacTripper And why can't the Chicago subway system renovate it's own station? I happen to know this, since I live here, but a quick bit of searching would have told you that the CTA is facing a HUGE shortfall in its…
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Quote: Originally Posted by lamewing Why is it that when these "experts" speak ill of Apple, they are vilified, but when they speak badly of MS it is okay? Seems like a double standard to me... Well, the partisanship of this audience is rig…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross Lets look at Star Office from Sun. Completely compatible with Office, and far cheaper. It's free alternative, OpenOffice is also available. Both are more than viable, they're complete replacements, one is f…
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Quote: Originally Posted by lilgto64 There should be some statute of limitations or some provision that stipulates that the internal process must be substantially the same for there to be any claim at all. US patents are valid for a maximum of…
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Quote: Originally Posted by iStink Everyone here is bashing Microsoft for making bad products, but then they are bashing them for trying to improve their products. What's the deal? The deal is that Microsoft has not produce a product that seri…
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Quote: Originally Posted by NeilM It's irrelevant whether a patent infringer is aware of the fact or not. Not entirely-- if the infringer can be proven to be aware of the patent, the IP holder may be able to collect triple damages.
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Quote: Originally Posted by gsteeno While I applaud Apple for cutting the price for education, it's still cheaper to buy from MacMall / ClubMac / etc. And I'm sure you could further haggle a price for a semi-volume order. The one thing that I d…
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Quote: Originally Posted by guinness ... Win7 is much faster than Vista, and about on par, or faster than XP in my experience, even in beta. If true, that claim would surprise me-- a lot-- since there's no architectural different between Vista…
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Quote: Originally Posted by monkeyastronaut jeeez, of course it's all fake, and of course everybody does that! That's the purpose of ads! They trick you into buying shit. People at McDonald's aren't as joyful when they sell you hamburgers. The We…
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Quote: Originally Posted by CU10 This argument can go on for ages. I found that: 1) No computer is 100% "secure." 2) I run Windows XP with commercial anti-virus/spyware and I can still get malware/slowdowns. 3) I ran Mac OS X stock and ha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by macFanDave I'll never understand how buffer overflow attacks even get started. Back when I was programming regularly in C, I'd use strlen() or strncpy() to check whether strings were within a limit and truncate it t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by teckstud Greats comments auxio. No- we're just tired that whenever we do [argue that Macs should be infinitely customizable] for whatever reason, it's called a complaint. Well, what would you prefer we call it? A…